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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:13 pm 
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Hello BYOC

I was wondering if you happened to have, or have on the way, a clone of the old Peavey Hotfoot Distortion HFD-2? If not I'd like to suggest it as a pedal option. It's supposedly similar to the RAT but it definitely has its own characteristics which is why I love it.

I've been using an old one (not sure its date) for the longest time now and it's become a key part of my pedal rig, the problem is that it's becoming unreliable. The on/off switch is getting pretty bad and pedal doesn't always come on when you stomp on it. I've tried to find a replacement stomp switch for it to no avail. The old plastic 8 pin switch is soldered directly to the mother board and seems pretty cheap (maybe it's good but mine has taken a beating over the years). Plus a standard true bypass switch is too big to fit into the box. I'm willing to put it all into a new casing if I can somehow replace the on/off switch with a proper, ideally, true bypass switch. Also it seems to pick up a lot more RF interference lately, sometimes when you stomp on it the pedal picks up local radio stations very well, if I tap/kick the side of the pedal the radio noise goes away.

If you have any suggestions that'd be great, if you think you might look into building a clone that would be awesome, if not that's fine too.

I also found a Schematic for the hotfoot here: http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.ca/2013 ... rtion.html

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:19 pm 
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post a pic of the guts and switch and maybe someone can help

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:47 pm 
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Seconding this idea. I have a Hotfoot and it sounds great, but it is terribly unreliable.


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:03 pm 
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One solution for you in the meantime: get a small true bypass looper pedal and throw this one in the loop, always on. Then you can use the reliable stomp switch on the looper to toggle it in.

Someone here may also be able to advise you as to how to rehouse it. Like RiffRaff said, post a photo of the inside!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:28 am 
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Good idea about the looper - I should have thought of that myself. I'll have to dig the pedal out of a box before i can take a pic of the innards, but I will do that at some point soon.

I followed the link to tagboard and there is a comment there about loopers causing a capacitor to charge and making a pop happen. I basically understand what that means - I know what capacitors are and I certainly know what a pop is - but I don;t get why a loop pedal would cause that. I'll try it anyway and see how bad it is.


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